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Spec: Will Deathstroke Appear In The Dark Knight? By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 21, 2008 7:37 pm EST Is this another scoop, and possibly large spoiler, for The Dark Knight originating from New York’s Toy Fair? It’s hard to say. A figurine for Deathstroke, a villainous mercenary, member of the Teen Titans (alongside Batgirl) and fan favorite, was recently spotted in a Mattel toy showcase for the Batman Begins sequel. Deathstroke’s figure wasn’t accidentally placed there, that’s for sure, and over at SHH, they’re told the character won’t appear in the film…but that the figurine still received “Christopher Nolan’s approval....

Strangest Promotion Ever: Transformers Beach Ball With Clueless DVD By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2007 2:53 am EST Apparently if you buy the Clueless “Whatever!” Edition at Walmart, you’ll get a colorful blue, white and purple Transformers beach ball. This has to be the weirdest DVD freebie promotion I’ve ever seen. How much of a crossover audience do you think there is between Clueless and Transformers? May-be the marketing team figures that a young party audience might buy this DVD and the inflatable beach ball will sneakily become free movie promotion at the next pool party?...

The Day The Earth Stood Still Movie Trailer By Hunter Stephenson/July 3, 2008 1:27 pm EST “My name is Klaatu Reeves and I have come to Earth to warn you of Hancock.” The first trailer for December’s big budget remake of 1951’s The Day the Earth Stood Still is now online after premiering in front of Will Smith’s ne’er-do-well superhero flick. Under an icy blue tint, the preview quickly evokes Close Encounters, The Abyss, Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, Contact and Langoliers before closing in on the modern green message, an aspect that Keanu Reeves has mentioned briefly in the press…....

Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 22, 2009 10:59 am EST Looks like the teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland has dropped a tad bit early. This is the same trailer we had a spy describe earlier this week. It appears to be released by IGN, although I can’t find it there, so I’m embedding from TrailerAddict. Here are some quick observations: You can definitely see how the 3D will be used, and its likely not subtle....

Transformers 2 On June 24th By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2009 3:38 pm EST Paramount Pictures has announced that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be hitting theaters a little earlier than expected. The release date of the Michael Bay sequel has been moved from Friday June 26th to Wednesday June 24th. The change is effective for both IMAX and conventional movie theater releases. Transformers 2 On June 24th By Peter Sciretta/Feb....

Watch 2.5 Minutes Of Avatar: The Thanador Chase By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 23, 2009 7:19 pm EST

Zack Snyder To Direct Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 28, 2007 7:18 pm EST Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead remake) has signed on to direct an adaptation remake based on Ray Bradbury’s collection of short stories, The Illustrated Man. This is part of a first look deal that Snyder and his wife signed following the success of 300. For some reason, I ’m betting that this is one of those projects that will be developed for a few years, but never enter production....

Casting Notes: Carla Bruni In Woody Allen’s Next; Guy Pearce In The Hungry Rabbit Jumps By Russ Fischer/Nov. 25, 2009 6:55 am EST Casting news will be thin until next week; Hollywood basically rolls up the sidewalks when a holiday like Thanksgiving comes around. Don’t expect much news. But we’ve got a weird note and a good one to get today going. Woody Allen is working at a breakneck pace. There’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, his latest London-set film, which is already in post-production....

Comic-Con Interview: John Lasseter By David Chen/July 25, 2009 7:53 am EST Few people have shaped the course of modern animation as much as John Lasseter. The man directed classic films such as Toy Story 1 and 2, and A Bug’s Life, but he’s also the Chief Creative Officer at Pixar and at Walt Disney, in addition to being the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. In short, this man brings out the child in each one of us, and makes that child’s dreams come true....

Conan Director Rumors Continue, Doomsday’s Neil Marshall Now In Mix By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 11, 2008 10:41 pm EST A few days ago Rob Zombie was said to be up for the skull-and-horn adorned director’s chair on the 2009 Lionsgate tent-pole Conan. The plethora of dried blood and fur, swords, mating calls and battle cries that drenched my imagination when I heard this rumor was lovely. Zombie could do both the classic barbaric character and John Milius’s wild original film supreme justice....

Dark Knight Spoilers: Harvey Dent’s Press Conference Has A Major Reveal By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2007 7:58 pm EST Again, these scenes are probably not shot in order. Tophrman was only able to get his hands on slight descriptions of the scenes. So we don’t have all the information. I’m also going to only include the more interesting bits. Anthony Michael Hall’s character is not featured, as far as we know....

Dune Finds New Screenwriter By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2010 9:15 pm EST Screenwriter Chase Palmer has been hired to write a draft the big budget remake of Dune for Paramount Pictures. Taken/District B13 director Pierre Morel came aboard the film early this year after Peter Berg departed the project. Palmer has been brought on board to work some of Morel’s ideas into original scribe Josh Zetumer’s screenplay. Morel has said that he wants to make a film which is faithful to Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 sci-fi novel....

Exclusive: Garth Jennings’ Next Movie To Be Animated By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2008 11:55 am EST Last week I got the chance to sit down and talk to Garth Jennings, the director of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the upcoming film Son of Rambow. I can;t express to you how wonderful Son of Rambow is. It’s everything that Be Kind Rewind could have been, mixed with Wes Anderson’s Rushmore. I have no doubt that if you see this movie you’ll instantly fall in love with it....

First Look: Pixar’s Partly Cloudy By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2009 10:45 pm EST Pixar has sent us the official plot synopsis for Pixar’s next short film, Partly Cloudy, the directorial debut of storyboard artist and animator Peter Sohn (he also provided the voice of Emile in Ratatouille). Also, AWN has gotten their hands on the first official photo from the short, which can be seen above. And I must say, it looks quite beautiful....

First Look: Tropic Thunder - Robert Downey Jr As A Black Man By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2008 12:04 pm EST I opened up my email this morning to see a message from my friend Neil at FSR titled “LOL Are you kidding me? This is awesome…” Turns out that Entertainment Weekly released the first production photo for Ben Stiller’s summer comedy Tropic Thunder, and it features our first look at Robert Downey Jr....

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Gary Oldman NOT In Iron Man 2, First Look At Garry Shandling As Senator Stern By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2009 10:13 pm EST Yesterday we told you that comedian/actor Garry Shandling had been cast in Iron Man 2, either as a reporter or Senator. Shandling responded on Twitter about the internet confussion over his role in the film, saying “I can’t wait to see the movie to see who I actually play....

GeekBomb: The Enduring Legacy Of Point Break By Kevin Kelly/Feb. 18, 2009 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. digg_url = ‘http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/02/18/geekbomb-the-enduring-legacy-of-point-break/'; // –> It’s been 18 years since Point Break premiered, which is hard enough to believe in itself, but what’s even stranger is the staying power this movie has. In fact, just this past weekend, two of my friends went to go see Point Break Live!...

Indiana Jones’s Home In Crystal Skull Revealed Via Video Tour By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 20, 2008 3:38 pm EST “Make yourselves at home.” It’s Sunday afternoon, the news is slower than Nicole Kidman’s mug and my photo captions are more tired than Neil Hamburger on his best night. But there is no stoppin’. The official website for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (typing that is like playing the bones, btw) has posted an enjoyably informative but snappy video tour of Indie’s Illinois home from the new film....

Inglourious Basterds: Two New Photos By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2008 2:31 pm EST Filmz.ru has two new photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Brad Pitt plays Lt. Aldo Rain (aka Aldo The Apache), a leader of a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “the basterds” (hence the title). Accompanied by German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger), the squad is on a mission to track down, scalp, and viciously kill Nazis in an attempt to spread fear among the Third Reich....